As we celebrate St Cuthbert’s Day this year, we are pleased to be sharing an original poem by Colin Symes, telling the story of St Cuthbert, with images of Holy Island and other places connected with his life; a recording of the Cuthbert Compline and a compilation video of songs from the compline. The final […]
Today, we invite you to join in with our Antiphon Walk across the Pilgrim’s Way, the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland, UK, in every place where you are. You can also find the words of the antiphons in Celtic Daily Prayer Book One – from page 108. From 17th to 23rd December, we set our […]
A beautiful song from Anna Raine – ‘Aidan’s Song’ – to accompany us as we remember the example of St Aidan (31st August). Through simply ‘being who he was’, and with a willing heart, Aidan brought a unique expression of Celtic Christian spirituality to the land of Northumbria and, as such, also became a key […]
In September 2021, Catherine Askew, Sarah Hay and Sarah Pillar spent a few days with Kev Grimley and family at the Bethany Community, Leicestershire, to learn how to build a coracle… Brendan, and other Irish monks, would have set out in this kind of small, round boat to find their own ‘desert in the sea’, […]
Recorded specially for St Brendan’s Day – 16th May, 2022 – The Story of Brendan the Fisherman is taken from an unpublished book ‘Field of the Saints’ by Clare and Ant Grimley and read by their daughter, Katie. We invite you to join in with St Brendan’s Day, which you can do by following this […]
Catherine Askew, Sarah Hay and Sarah Pillar introduce the key themes and provide orientation for the Easter 2022 journey with the Northumbria Community. Please note that the pathways that are referred to have been emailed out to all of the Companions, Novices and Friends on our Northumbria Community database. However, even if you are not […]